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85TX ·

Rutherford Ranch Airport

30.07770°N

-97.96560°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

Rutherford Ranch Airport (85TX) is a small general aviation airport located in Buda, TX, 19 mi south west of Austin. It features 1 runway measuring 3,800 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KHYI, 14 mi away (85TX does not publish METAR)

27m ago

Temp

97°F

Wind

10 kts

180°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KHYI 031756Z 18010KT 10SM CLR 36/22 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP123 T03610217 10361 20278 58009

Runways

1 installed

3,800 FT MAX

S/N

3,800 ft × 50

ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

57% of ops

13 land · 2 TO

43% of ops

10 land · 1 TO

Runway S carries 57% of operations (13 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is N at 43%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

S 13 landings

UA 8%

N 10 landings

UA 40%

Approaches to S show a 8% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 13 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

0.5

flights/day · 16 total

Busy hour (local)

12am

also 4pm · 9pm

Day vs night

38%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–9pm local, averaging 0.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (0.5 vs 0.6 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (38% of 16 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZHU
Elevation:: 983 ft
Mag var:: 7° E

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